Railway-rail joint.



M, J. O'CONNOR. RAILWAY RAIL JOINT.

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913,839. Patented Mar. 2, 1909.

I mmyaw MORRIS J. OCONNOR, OF COURTENAY, NORTH DAKOTA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

RAILWAY-RAIL JOINT.

Patented March 2, 1909.

Application filed March 7, 1908. Serial No. 420,105.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Monnis J. OCoNNon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Courtenay, in the county of Stutsman and State of North Dakota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Railway-Rail Joints, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to railway rail joints, and its primary object is the provision of a device of this character which mill prevent the ends of the rails from having any relative movements, thereby preventing the rounding of the ends of the rails and avoiding low joints.

A further object of my invention is the provision of a rail joint which -will obviate the necessity of the use of fish plates or angle bars, and which is simple, durable and ellicient.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts hercinafter fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation, illustrating a rail joint constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the rail joint, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one end of a rail equipped v, ith a joint member constructed in accordance with my invention.

Referring to the drawing by reference numerals, 1 designates the bases, 2 the Jobs and 3 the heads of railway rails of too usual form and construction.

Joint members 4 are secured to the bases 1 and reject beyond the ends of the rails beneat the plane of the bases. The joint members 4 have transverse extents equal to about one-half the width of the bases of the rails and each is arranged on opposite sides of the longitudinal center of the rails, whereby when the rails are assembled, the joint member of one rail =1; ill fit beneath the base of the other rail. As the end of one rail rests upon the joint member of the other rail, it should be apparent that the ends of the rails will be prevented from having any relative vertical movements. The joint members 4 are provided with elongated openings 5 for the reception of bolts 6 which, together with nuts 7, prevent the ends of the rails from having any relative horizontal movements. Portions of the under sides of the joint membore 4 are flat, so that they may rest upon a tie, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing, said tie supporting the rails at their meeting ends. The rails are spiked to the ties in the usual manner.

It should be apparent from the above description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, that I provide a rail joint which will prevent the ends of the rails from having any relative movements, which obviates the necessity of the use of iish plates or angle bars, and which is simple, durable and eilicient.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the construction and mode of operation of the invention should be understood without a further extended description.

Changes in the form, proportions and minor details oi construction may be made within the see )e oi the claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention Having fully described and illustrated my invention, what I claim is:

1. The combination witha pair o1 rails, oi joint members secured to the bases oi the rails and projecting beyond the ends thereof, each joint member being arranged on the opposite sides of the longitudinal center oi tae rails, whereby the oint member of one rail fits beneath the base of the other rail when the rails are assembled, bolts passing through the joint members, and nuts mounted upon the bolts.

2. The combination with a pair o1 rails, of joint members secured to the bases of the rails and projecting beyond the ends thereof, each joint member being arranged on oppo site sides 01' the longitudinal center of the rail, whereby the joint member of one rail fits beneath the base oi the other rail when the rails are assembled, and fastening .ineans en gaging the joint members.

In testimony whcreol I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MORRIS J. OCONNOR.

Witnesses:

O. A. LOHRKE, J. W. HELMs. 

